Highly Adhesive and Self-Healing Zwitterionic Hydrogels as Antibacterial Coatings for Medical Devices.

Langmuir

Key Lab Eco-Functional Polymer Materials of MOE, Institute of Polymer, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China.

Published: January 2024

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Bacterial infection of medical devices has caused incalculable losses to maintenance costs and health care. A single coating with antibacterial function cannot guarantee the long-term use of the device, because the coating will be damaged and fall off during reuse. To solve this problem, the development of coatings with high adhesion and self-healing ability is a wise direction. In this paper, a multifunctional polyzwitterionic antibacterial hydrogel coating (PZG) composed of amphozwitterion monomer, anionic monomer, and quaternary ammonium cationic monomer was synthesized by dipping UV photoinitiated polymerization. The structure of PZGs was characterized by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Ascribing to the hydrogel internal electrostatic interaction, hydrogen bond, and cation-π interaction, the obtained PZGs exhibited high ductility (>1200% strain) and appropriate strength (>189 kPa). Remarkably, PZGs could also adhere firmly on different substrates through noncovalent interaction, and their adhesion could be controlled by adjusting the amount of zwitterionic. Reversible physical interactions in polymer networks endowed hydrogels with excellent self-healing properties. In addition, PZGs exhibit good antibacterial activity and biocompatibility due to the synergistic effect of quaternary ammonium cation and amphozwitterion monomer. This work provides a multifunctional antibacterial coating for medical equipment and has broad application prospects in the biomedical field.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02258DOI Listing

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